This project is based on the theory of French philosopher and psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan on the ”lack of being”concept, which he called Béance, or gap.
According to Lacan every human being feels complete only when it is still attached to his/her mother. After the umbilical cord is cut, he/she will spend the rest of his/her life trying to fulfill that gap, that lack of completeness.
Lacan visualizes it as the texture of a fabric that has been irreparably frayed and can never be mended or healed again.
For this work, I took some emulsified papers, which I then treated with chemical processes in the darkroom, because I wanted give them the effect of a lived life. I then tore them at the edges. At the same time I created some weavings to symbolize the umbilical cords and the future relationships that every individual builds during the course of his/her lifetime.